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Initiative: Kees Kloosterboer (SolidWorks Benelux) Educational Advisor: Jack van den Broek (Vakcollege Dr. Knippenberg) Realization: Arnoud Breedveld (PAZ Computerworks) Magnetic Block In this exercise you will make a magnetic block. To do so, you will create a few parts, which you will as- semble. You will learn the following new applications in this tutorial: x You will make two configurations of a part. x You will weld the parts together. x You will make holes using the Hole Wizard. x You will use standardized parts from the Parts Library. x You will assign different colors to different parts. Work plan To make this assembly, you will have to make several parts. We will start with a simple rectangular base with a thickness of 20mm per the drawing below. We will perform the following steps: 1. Take a piece of material of 150x300x20. 2. Round off the four corners with a radius of 10 mm. 3. Drill four holes of Ø17. SolidWorks voor VMBO en MBO Tutorial 3: magnetic Block 3 1 Start SolidWorks and open a new part. 2 Click on ‘Top Plane’ in the FeatureManager (the left column of your screen in which all the parts of your model are listed). In this plane we will be making a sketch. 3 Click on ‘Sketch’ in the CommandManager to re- veal the correct buttons and next on Rectangle to draw a rectangle. 4 1. Click on Center Rec- tangle in the Com- mandManager. 2. Click on the origin. 3. Click at a random point as in the view at the right (#3) to draw a rectangle. 5 Next use the command Smart Dimension to deter- mine two dimensions at the sides of the rectangle: 150x300. You have used Smart Di- mension before. Can you remember this? If not, look it up again in Tutorial 2, steps 7 to 10. SolidWorks voor VMBO en MBO Tutorial 3: magnetic Block 4 6 1. Click on ‘Features’ in the CommandManager. 2. Click on ‘Extruded Boss/Base’. 7 1 Set the thickness at 20mm. 2 Click on OK. 8 Next, we will round off the corners. Click on ‘Fillet’ in the CommandManager. The ‘Fillet’ command looks similar to the ‘Chamfer’ command that we used previously. SolidWorks voor VMBO en MBO Tutorial 3: magnetic Block 5 9 1. Make sure the option ‘Full preview’ is se- lected. 2-5 Next select the four edges you want to round off. 6. Set the radius at 10mm. 7. Click on OK. 10 Next, select the top plane of the model just by click- ing it. 11 Click on ‘Sketch’ and next on Rectangle to draw a rectangle. SolidWorks voor VMBO en MBO Tutorial 3: magnetic Block 6 12 Click on the Standard Views button at the top of the screen and next on Normal To. The model now rotates it- self to provide a straight- on view of the plane on which we are making the sketch. It does not matter if the model is positioned hori- zontally or vertically on your screen. 13 4. Click on Center Rec- tangle in the Property- Manager. 5. Click on the origin. 6. Click at a random point like in the view at the right (#3) to draw a rectangle. 14 Next, add two more di- mensions with the com- mand Smart Dimension: the horizontal dimension of 240 and the vertical di- mension of 100. 15 Next click on ‘Exit Sketch’ in the CommandManager. The sketch remains visible, but turns grey. Notice that we will make a sketch, but do NOT make a feature of it. Later, you will see how we will use sketch like this. SolidWorks voor VMBO en MBO Tutorial 3: magnetic Block 7 16 First, click on ‘Features’ in the CommandManager and next on ‘Hole Wizard’. 17 You will have to set the features of the holes in the PropertyManager. 1 Choose a ‘Hole Type’: choose Hole. 2 Check that the ‘Stan- dard’ is set at ‘ISO’. 3 Check that the ‘Type’ is set at ‘Drill sizes’. 4 Set the diameter at Ø17mm. 5 Set the ‘End Condition’ at ‘Through All’. 6 Click on the tab page ‘Positions’. 18 Next, click on the four cor- ners of the rectangle you have drawn before and then click OK. SolidWorks voor VMBO en MBO Tutorial 3: magnetic Block 8 Tip! The first part is ready now. We could also have created the holes we just made with the Extruded Cut feature. However, the Hole Wizard we just used is often very convenient, even more so if the holes you want to make area bit more complicated. Later on, we will see an example of this. Work plan The second part we need looks very much like the last one. Instead of the normal holes we now need tapped holes. You could create a whole new part, but it is much easier to make a second version within this part. We call this a Configuration. We will do following: 1. Create a new configuration. 2. Remove the normal holes in the new configuration. 3. Make tapped holes instead. If you experience any problems in working with configurations, you can al- ways create a new part in exactly the same way as the first part. Use step 27 instead of step 17. SolidWorks voor VMBO en MBO Tutorial 3: magnetic Block 9 19 Click on the third tab in the FeatureManager. Instead of the FeatureManager or the PropertyManager, the ConfigurationManager now appears. 20 There is only one configu- ration, named ‘Default [Part1]’. Click slowly on the name once or twice to change the name. 21 Rename this item as: ‘Holes’. Push the <Enter> key on your keyboard. 22 Next, make a new configu- ration: 1 Right-click on the top line of the list (‘Part1 Configuration(s)’) 2 Select ‘Add Configura- tion’ in the menu. 23 Fill in the name of this con- figuration in the Property- Manager as ‘Taps’, and then click OK. SolidWorks voor VMBO en MBO Tutorial 3: magnetic Block 10 [...]... in front of the file name SolidWorks voor VMBO en MBO Tutorial 3: magnetic Block 21 56 Next, click on the ‘+’ in front of both parts Pay attention: after clicking on the first ‘+’ the list expands 57 1 Next, select the ‘Front Plane’ within the part ‘Slab’ 2 Also select the ‘Front Plane’ within the part ‘Crane_hook’ 3 Next, click on OK SolidWorks voor VMBO en MBO Tutorial 3: magnetic Block 22 58 1 Select... click on OK The whole part will be colored now 83 Select another color for each part of the magnetic block SolidWorks voor VMBO en MBO Tutorial 3: magnetic Block 30 84 We will now add some washers and bolts We will use a tool in SolidWorks that is called Toolbox Before you can use this, you must first check if Toolbox is already installed AND activated on you computer Click on ‘Add-Ins’ in the CommandManager... separate part in the assembly, and so it will be saved as a separate file This time, SolidWorks determines the name of this part Click on ‘Finish’ 65 The weld is now made SolidWorks automatically adds a weld symbol Drag the symbol to a position beside the model If you want to change the symbol, double-click on it In one of the tutorials that follow we will get back to this SolidWorks voor VMBO en MBO Tutorial. .. bolts and washers in the assembly like you would with any other part Tip! SolidWorks voor VMBO en MBO Tutorial 3: magnetic Block By ‘checking’ the two options in step 85 (SolidWorks Toolbox and SolidWorks Toolbox Browser) these tools will be loaded automatically every time SolidWorks starts up So you do not have to activate the Toolbox again 31 86 Click on the symbol of the Design Library in the Task Pane... the mate command You can make any part Fixed or Floating by clicking on it with the right mouse buttons and choosing Fix or Float 52 Click on ‘Mate’ in CommandManager SolidWorks voor VMBO en MBO Tutorial 3: magnetic Block the 20 53 Click on the upper surface of the part 54 Rotate the model so you get a clear view of the bottom side of the crane hook Push the scroll-wheel and move your mouse to rotate... you have used to position the holes Usually it is named ‘Sketch2’ or ‘Sketch3’ The number can vary Click on Hide in the menu that appears SolidWorks voor VMBO en MBO Tutorial 3: magnetic Block 12 30 Save the slab.SLDPRT file as 31 Next click on the third tab at the top of the FeatureManager to go to the ConfigurationManager 32 There are now two versions (configurations) of the base model: one with normal... first part you have created By changing a dimension in one version, the other versions will be changed automatically! Work plan The next part we have to create is the bracket on top for the crane hook To create this part, we only have to make a sketch and extrude it 34 Open a new part, select the ‘Front Plane’ and create a sketch 35 Click on ‘Sketch’ in the CommandManager next on ‘Centerline’ SolidWorks. .. ‘Insert Components’ in the CommandManager SolidWorks voor VMBO en MBO Tutorial 3: magnetic Block 26 71 Click on ‘Browse…’ in the PropertyManager 72 1 Select the ‘slab.SLDPRT’ file 2 Select the configuration ‘Holes’ 3 Click on ‘Open’ 73 Click at a random position to set the new base Click on OK SolidWorks voor VMBO en MBO Tutorial 3: magnetic Block 27 74 Click on ‘Mate’ in CommandManager the 75 Select... scroll-wheel of the mouse) and select the bottom plane of the crane hook Click on OK SolidWorks voor VMBO en MBO Tutorial 3: magnetic Block 28 77 To make the next mate, you select the long sides of both parts and click on OK 78 To make the final mate, you select the short sides of both parts and click on OK Click on OK again to end the Mate command 79 In the same way, add three more similar parts with... assembly The last part must be a plate with tapped holes So do exactly the same thing again, only now you select the configuration ‘Taps’ when adding this part 80 Save the assembly as ‘Block_magnet.SLDASM’ SolidWorks voor VMBO en MBO Tutorial 3: magnetic Block 29 81 Next, we will add some colors to our model 1 2 Click on ‘Appearance callout’ in the menu that appears 3 82 Click on the first part (Crane_hookcomplete) . 150x300x20. 2. Round off the four corners with a radius of 10 mm. 3. Drill four holes of Ø17. SolidWorks voor VMBO en MBO Tutorial 3: magnetic Block 3 1 Start SolidWorks and open a new part. . 199 9-2 009 Viewpoint Corpora- tion. Portions of this software © 199 4-2 009, Visual Kinematics, Inc. All Rights Reserved. SolidWorks Benelux developed this tutorial for self-training with the SolidWorks. configu- ration: 1 Right-click on the top line of the list ( Part1 Configuration(s)’) 2 Select ‘Add Configura- tion’ in the menu. 23 Fill in the name of this con- figuration in the Property- Manager